Railroad-track



No Model.) 1 S. W. HUDSON.

RAILROAD TRACK.

No. 310 281. PatentedJan. 6, 1-885;

INVENTOR Samuel W Hudson.

By his fll torneys WITNESSES 4 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL W. HUDSON, OF HUDSONDALE, PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD-TRACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,281, dated January 6, 1885.

Application filed July 1, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL WV. HUDSON, of Hudsondale, Carbon county, Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Tracks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

I11 the ordinary railroad-track the rails are laid on ties or sleepers placed at regular intervals apart. This arrangement affords the same or an equal amount of support to all parts of the rails. It is found, however, that greater firmness is needed at the junction of the rails, as the track is liable to sink or give at this point.

My invention consists in remedying this defeet by providing additional supports for the rails at their junction.

The accompanying drawing is a plan view of a railroad-track embodying my improvements. The rails A are laid on ties B, which are of the ordinary size, and are placed at regular intervals apart. AtX the long tieB eX- tends under the junction of the rails A A. On each side of the tie B are placed short sleepers or sections of ties, O, to which the rails are secured in the same manner as they are to the long tie. A firm bed is thus made for the rails at this point and the track is kept uniformly even.

as being midway between the long ties, and

At Y the junction of the rails is shown a short sleeper'or tiesection, G, is located underit. This construction gives equally good results, and either or both of the methods may be employed in laying a track.

The track may be re-enforced at other points than at the junction of the rails, as indicated at Z. I may with advantage use sections of rails the ends of which have worn out or rotted away, and thus, without materially in creasing the expense, greatly improve the track. I do not however claim, broadly, the use of short tie-sections in connection with long ties, nor, broadly, the use of supplemental supports between the long ties.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, substantially as set forth, of the rails, the long ties, and the short tie-sections that re-enforce the track at the junction of the rails.

2. The combination, substantially as set forth,of the rails, the long tie placed under the junction of the rails, and the short tie-sections placednnder the rails on each side of the 

